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FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
TASKER, DAIN L. (1872-1964) "Eucalyptus, An X-Ray." Bromide contact print, 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (23.5x19.1 cm.), with Tasker's signature, title, and date, in pencil, on the two-toned mount recto, 1932. Estimate: $12,000-18,000

FINE PHOTOGRAPHS

Auction: – 7 Feb 2008

Thu 7 Feb 14:30

Swann Auction Galleries, Inc

104 East 25th Street
NY 10010 New York

+1-212-2544710


www.swanngalleries.com

FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
BÜTTIKOFER, JOHAN (1850-1927) Reisebilder Aus Liberia [Travel Photographs of Liberia]. With 50 extraordinary photographs, comprising 44 of Liberia and 3 each of Senegal and the Canary Islands; including a 2-part panorama of "Grande Cape Mount, Liberia." Albumen prints, 6x8 inches, each with a printed caption label affixed to mount recto. Haag, Holland, 1887 Estimate: $30,000-45,000

On Thursday, February 7, Swann Auction Galleries will offer an excellent sale of Fine Photographs. A private American collection of fine art and vernacular photography forms the centerpiece of the auction, which includes a number of 19th -century albums and portfolios containing early photographs of exotic locales, famed expeditions, and the Civil War. Also featured are modern black-and-white images by important 20th -century artists. Among the earliest highlights are photographs related to war, such as Julius Vannerson's salted paper print of an 1812 War Veterans Reunion in front of Washington's House, Mt. Vernon, 1853 (estimate: $10,000 to $15,000); and Mathew Brady's view of a Connecticut Regiment Drill, arch-topped albumen print, circa 1862 ($18,000 to $22,000). Also from the 19th century are William Notman's album of 56 remarkable topographic views of Canada, albumen prints, 1860s-70 ($15,000 to $20,000); William Bradford's extraordinary The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland, one of 350 copies, with 141 mounted albumen prints by John Dunmore and George Crichterson, elaborately bound, London, 1873 ($100,000 to $150,000); and Dutch photographer Johan Büttikofer's portfolio of Travel Photographs of Liberia, containing 50 amazing studies of the African nation, Haag, 1887 ($30,000 to 45,000). Moving into the early 20th century, there is a circa 1907 Untitled (portrait of a woman) by Alfred Stieglitz, platinum print ($15,000 to $25,000); Man Ray's Lampshade, toned silver print on a trimmed carte postale, 1920 ($18,000 to $22,000); Dain Tasker's graceful Eucalyptus, An X-Ray, bromide contact print, 1932 ($12,000 to $18,000); and a kitschy item, a sample book entitled Gumpert's Gelatin Desserts, Brooklyn, New York, featuring more than 60 photographs of dishes made with what we today refer to as Jell-O, silver prints, most hand-colored, 1925 ($2,000 to $3,000). Classic works by modern masters include Robert Doisneau's well known portrait Pains de Picasso (Picasso with bread hands), silver print, 1952, printed 1980s ($7,000 to $10,000); Seydou Keïta's Untitled (reclining woman), silver print, 1956-57, printed 1999 ($7,000 to $10,000); Ansel Adams's Tree, Stump and Mist, 1958, printed later ($10,000 to $15,000); and Irving Penn's Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, platinum-palladium print on Rives, flush mounted on a sheet of aluminum, 1960, printed 1979 ($30,000 to $45,000). Highlights among items from other consigners include an impressive album of 66 of Felix Beato's photographs of Japanese figures, most hand-colored, circa 1871 ($25,000 to $35,000); André Kertész's Chez Mondrian, silver print, 1926, printed 1960s ($7,000 to $10,000); several of Berenice Abbott's view of New York City, including Gunsmith, 6 Centre Market Plate, silver print, 1937 ($12,000 to $18,000); three circa 1930 images of the construction of the Empire State Building by Lewis Hine; and Man Ray's portrait of Meret Oppenheim, silver print, 1935 ($9,000 to $12,000). Among mid-century photographs are Horst P. Horst's Pauline de Rothschild, silver print, 1940s ($9,000 to $12,000); Aaron Siskind's Chicago, 1952, oversize silver print ($12,000 to $18,000); and Robert Frank's South Carolina, silver print, 1955 ($30,000 to $45,000). Contemporary works of note include Chuck Close's Portrait of the Artist Phyllis Galembo, unique oversize Polaroid print, 1980 ($8,000 to $12,000); Sally Mann's Virginia at Six, silver print, 1991 ($10,000 to $15,000); Hiroshi Sugimoto's Sea of Buddha, Kyoto, silver print, 1995 ($4,000 to $6,000).

FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
FRANK, ROBERT (1927- ) "South Carolina." Silver print, 8 1/2 x 13 inches (21.6x33 cm.), with Frank's signature, in ink, on recto; with his archive and copyright stamp and notations on verso. 1955 Estimate: $30,000-45,000
FINE PHOTOGRAPHS
ARBUS, DIANE (1923-1971)/SELKIRK, NEIL "A Naked Man Being a Woman, N. Y. C." Silver print, 14 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (36.2x36.7 cm.), with Doon Arbus's signature and notations, along with estate and copyright hand stamps, with the date "1972" filled in. 1968; printed 1972 Estimate: $10,000-20,000